Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 295 I'm almost 14 years old
The uproar about the closure of the platform to sacrifice to heaven and the assassination ended in a court meeting five days later.Of course, the atmosphere of this court meeting is very dignified.

First of all, there is no Wang family in Chang'an.Although, the emperor issued an edict to bury Wang Yun in the tomb of loyal souls.However, Wang Gai, the son of Wang Yun, was accused by the emperor of "being incapable of managing the family and humiliating the ancestors" and demoted to the common people.The second son, Wang Jing, was also stripped of his Xiaolian status.The most unlucky one was Wang Yun's youngest son, Wang Ding, who was thrown at the city gate as a city guard.

It is conceivable that such a nobleman who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun will not adapt to the difficult and cold position of the city guard.Not to mention, his immediate boss was slapped in the face by him in public—a Kansai warrior like Old Zou, torturing people... Humph.

And the former disciples and former officials who buried Wang Yun this time, although they all have their own connections, were not pursued by the court to take too much responsibility.But the emperor ingeniously recorded these people one by one.As for what consequences these cases will bring to them, no one knows.

Anyway, most of these people bid farewell to their official careers forever.A very small number of those who later entered the officialdom have also kept silent to the Wang family since then, trying to get rid of their own history.

As for the two brothers Wang Ling and Wang Chen, they were naturally punished by Ming Zhengdian and beheaded in a busy street on Xuanwu Street.Because the busy market mainly sells vegetables and fruits, the common people call that place 'Caishikou'.Afterwards, many imperial court criminals would inevitably leave a knife in that place.Since then, Caishikou has become the place where the imperial court ordered punishment.

Among them, Huang Wan, the captain of Sili, was the most affected by this turmoil.This senior official who came from a famous family and held a pivotal position in the scholar-bureaucrat class was not demoted, but was promoted to a higher level and became one of the ministers.

As mentioned before, this position is a transition for a distinguished status or a promotion for a capable person.But the problem is that the restoration of the ancestral temples, palaces, and cemeteries destroyed in the Chang'an chaos has been completed.In the foreseeable future, it seems that the imperial court will not make any major construction projects.What's more interesting is that there is another Dong Changshi concurrently serving in this position.

After the imperial court's appointment, Dong Cheng naturally had to obediently return to his old nest and continue to be a long history.As for Huang Wan, who has no job and does nothing, I am afraid that he may die of old age in this position of lieutenant in the future.

In addition, Huang Menlang Li Yan was also implicated in this matter.In the explanation of the court, Wang Yun is still a veteran of the Han Dynasty.Although Li Yan disturbed the heroic spirits, although it was reasonable, but his methods were brutal, he was demoted by the emperor as a gentleman of five senses.But the problem is that at present the imperial court does not have a general with five senses. Therefore, Li Yan, who is only a rank of six hundred stones, can form a commanding first battalion.In this way, although the rank is lower, the real power in his hands has been greatly improved.

With regard to the different experiences of Huang Wan and Li Yan, some people of insight among the courtiers saw that this act of ascending brightly and descending secretly, and descending brightly and descending secretly, seemed to clearly convey the emperor's mind: He wants to step by step and methodically eliminate those ministers who are useless or only sycophant.Instead, place those promising and daring confidants in important positions one by one, and then...

For the rest, they dare not think about it, nor do they want to think about it.After all, judging from the current situation, even if they figured it out, it would be useless.Now no one dares to fight this young emperor in an open and aboveboard manner. Their best choice is to follow the trend of the situation if they cannot change the situation.

As for Xu You, he never appeared in the edict of the emperor.Even in the entire court, only Yang Xiu and Li Yan knew that this person had appeared in Chang'an.Afterwards, what Liu Xie and Xu You discussed in the Xuanshi Palace, and where Xu You went later, they didn't know anything.

Fortunately, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not hold on to the matter of consecrating the platform to worship the sky.After all, although the evidence for this matter is solid, the resulting consequences seem to be only beneficial to the emperor.When they heard the sound of the imperial court sharpening their knives, they only hoped that this matter would pass quickly so that they could breathe a sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, even this wish, God is not willing to grant.

When the court meeting was coming to an end, Taiwei Ma Rixun took out a battle report, and said to all the lords in an old voice: "Jieqiao, Yuan Shao fought Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Shao won..."

As soon as this sentence fell, there was an uproar in the hall.And after Ma Rixun said this, he couldn't help but glanced at Liu Xie who seemed to be closing his eyes and resting his mind.After seeing the emperor's reaction, he made fun of himself, and then told the ministers all the information he had obtained.

The war of the century provoked by the prodigal son Yuan Shu in the fourth year of Chuping was undoubtedly the loudest noise of the year.Once the war started, under various circumstances, two battlefields in the north and south were formed.

In the southern battlefield, it is naturally Liu Xie, Liu Biao, and Cao Cao who deal with Yuan Shu's army.On the northern battlefield, it was Yuan Shao's staunch ally against Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan.

In the impressions of later generations, Yuan Shao seems to have become the overlord of the north in one fell swoop after he failed to challenge the alliance with Dong.Then Guandu was burned by Cao Cao, and years of hard work gave Cao the wedding clothes.But this is not the case. After Yuan Shaomou captured Han Fu's Jizhou, although his power has grown unprecedentedly, the situation is still not optimistic.

At this time, the boss in the north was still Gongsun Zan, who took advantage of the great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty to take off, and fought for a huge power with bravery.By the time Liu Xie sent troops to Kanto, Gongsun Zan's forces had controlled Youzhou and Qingzhou, penetrated into Jizhou, and spread to Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou.

And what about Yuan Shao?

However, he fell into unprecedented pressure for a while. On the one hand, Gongsun Zan was encircling him; Jizhou Muhushou, appointed by Dong Zhuo, still harassed him from time to time.

Hu Shou is also a person ignored by history, he is Dong Zhuo's subordinate.When Dong Zhuo was still in power, he saw that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were at odds, so he sent Hu Shou to try to get rid of Yuan Shao for Jizhou Mu.Hu Shou is a very insidious guy. He knew that he had no soldiers or generals. Going to Jizhou alone would be tantamount to death, so he ran to the Black Mountain Army. Those who got promoted and made a fortune made a lot of wishes. Each letter of appointment had bright eyes, and they were all willing to surrender their allegiance, so Hu Shou easily got a team.

At this time, a great change happened in the middle, Dong Zhuo died, and Liu Xie also worked hard to prepare for the Battle of Kanto.Regarding Hu Shou's matter, he adopted an attitude of neither admitting nor denying it. With this, Hu Shou wanted to earn a lot of credit so that he could return to the court.However, even though Yuan Shao had sent troops to fight against Gongsun Zan at that time, Li Cheng, the prefect of Yecheng who Yuan Shao stayed on, made Hushou have no chance to take advantage of it.

Hu Shou then had another plan in mind, using the name of the court to split up and win over Li Cheng's subordinates.Although Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, the imperial court did not approve of it. The official positions that Yuan Shao granted to his officers and men were actually only valid within his group, and even other separatist warlords did not recognize them.

Therefore, Hu Shou used the court's signboard to appoint an official and made a wish. Anyway, the court seemed happy to see it come true, and began to seduce Li Cheng's bumpkins who had never seen the world—this was an official position officially appointed by the court!The gold content of the official position given by Yuan Shao is much higher!The officials in Yecheng turned their backs one after another.Under the internal support of these people, Hu Shou led the bandits of the Black Mountain Army to easily capture Yecheng, the capital of Jizhou, and killed the prefect Li Cheng.

At that time, Gongsun Zan issued a proclamation to charge Yuan Shao with ten crimes including "creating chaos", "being disloyal on his back", "being unkind and unfilial", and "restraining his life to show kindness", and led his troops to march south.When Yuan Shao was arrested in Lao Woer, he bit the bullet and fought Gongsun Zan at the Jieqiao in the northeast of Guangzong County.

Under such circumstances, almost everyone believed that the victor in the northern battlefield must be the incomparably brave Gongsun Zan.Unexpectedly, after Liu Xie and Cao Cao defeated Yuan, Yuan Shao seemed to have changed his luck.

In the last decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan formed a square formation of [-] soldiers, and divided the [-] cavalry on the left and right. Yuan Shao ordered General Ju Yi to lead [-] elite soldiers, and Qianzhang Qianzhang was the vanguard.The two sides formed formations and the battle began.Gongsun Zan saw it, you only have so many soldiers?Without saying a word, the cavalry was sent to charge.Unexpectedly, what he was facing was Ju Yi, Yuan Shao's general, a hero who had made outstanding achievements in the Xiliang battlefield and was on the same name as Xu Rong.

Gongsun Zan didn't realize this, so Ju Yi's soldiers fell under the shield, and waited for the enemy to approach. They all attacked at once, and they defeated Gongsun Zan's army.Yuan Shaojun took advantage of the momentum to pursue to Jieqiao.Fight again, break it again, and break Gongsun Zan's camp.Gongsun Zan was defeated so badly that he had to lead his army back.

Oh, by the way, Lord Hushou, after hearing that Jieqiao Gongsun Zan was defeated, didn't even have the courage to fight Yuan Shao, so he fled back to the Black Mountain Army in despair.

Such a news is very delicate for the court.Although on the northern battlefield, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan bit each other, it seems that it has little to do with the Han court.But in terms of relatives and estrangements, even though Gongsun Zan is arrogant, he is still the imperial court's protector general in name.As for Yuan Shao, everything is a counterfeit product. None of the chariot generals and Jizhou Mu were appointed by the imperial court.

Not to mention, Yuan Shao also spread rumors that Liu Xie was not the son of Emperor Ling, and conspired to make Liu Yu another emperor.With all these bad deeds, it is obvious that Yuan Shao doesn't care about Han Ting at all!

Now, he has defeated Gongsun Zan, the old enemy in the north. It only takes a few years for him to take advantage of this victory to sweep the north, and finally become the upright overlord of the north.And at that time, no matter how invincible he is in Kanto, he will definitely set his sights on Guanzhong...

As a result, the atmosphere in the entire court suddenly became even more oppressive.All the courtiers looked eagerly at Liu Xie on the dragon chair, waiting for the emperor to give clear instructions.

But then, they didn't expect that the young emperor didn't mention anything about the north, but said to Ma Rixun seriously: "After this year, I will be 14 years old."

Ma Rixun was taken aback for a moment, and said to himself, yes, in another year, you will be 15 years old.But the question is, does this have anything to do with Yuan Shao?
"I'm almost 14 years old, but I haven't got married yet."

Ma Rixun was angry at first, and then a bright light of excitement burst out of his old and cloudy eyes: not bad!Although the Han Dynasty had all kinds of disadvantages such as chaos in Guanxi and internal turmoil, at a time when the princes of the world were full of ambitions, what could be more justifiable and unite people's hearts than the emperor's big wedding and congratulations to the world?
(End of this chapter)